Noninvasive imaging for coronary artery disease: A technology assessment for the Medicare Coverage Advisory Commission

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-174

  Patel, Manesh R ^a   Hurwitz, Lynne M ^a   Orlando, Lori ^b   McCrory, Douglas C ^b   Sanders, Gillian D ^a,b   Matchar, David B ^b   Mark, Daniel ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846204734     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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